Activities
- Have students
do this "Examining the Stages
in Ecological Succession"
worksheet.
- Try this "Comparing Ecosytems"
activity. This is actually an activity to compare biomes.
- Do the "Drag and Drop"
interactive game that has students place biomes in either the marine
or land
category.
- This
"Communities and Biomes"
wordsearch includes answers .
- There are 7
activities on biomes at the "North American Biomes"
site.
- The "Biomes"
worksheet has students
compare biomes.
- "Build a Prairie"
is an interactive game that lets students choose the proper plants to
inhabit a prairie.
- Do the
"Communities"
worksheet and
the "Biomes"
worksheets from Glencoe.
- Try the
"Communities and Biomes"
crossword puzzle.
- "Exploring
Biomes"
is a worksheet for comparison of biomes.
- American
Field Guide's "Primary and Secondary Succession in
America’s Forests"
unit has 3 activities and several video segments.
- This "Biomes"
lesson from Teacher's Domain
(You must register for free to access) includes videos, maps, and
readings in PDF form.
- Play the "Biome Builder"
an activity in which players acquire a certain number of KiloCalories
in a Bingo-like game. Then, working in groups, they construct a tiny
animal community within the limits of their resources.
- "Terrestrial
Biome Bash" is a Quia
hangman game.
Labs
- Have students
do the "Building
a Biome" lab where the teacher
assigns a biome to each group and has them simulate it's conditions.
- See the affect
of acids on plant growth in
the "Acids and Seed Germination"
lab.
- Compare the
water-holding capacities of
sand, clay, and potting soil in the "Water-holding Capacity of
Soils"
lab.
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